Ornamented bottle



Nov. 19, 1940. G. GRUNBERG ORNAMENTED BOTTLE Filed Nov. 30, 1939INVENTOR MM By Af/vrrzey Patented Nov. 19, 1940 UNlTED STATES PATENTOFFICE 6 Claims.

My present invention relates to ornamented bottles and analogousarticles of glassware or the like and aims to provide certainimprovements therein.

An object of my present invention is to provide a bottle or the likewhich is ornamented with metal or analogous material to produce noveleffects in an exceedingly simple and inexpensive manner and withoutrecourse to the use of special tools or time-consuming assemblingoperations. A further object is to provide such ornamentation which willcover the entire body of the bottle or only a portion thereof. A furtherobject is to accomplish the foregoing objects on bottles of ordinary orspecial form The foregoing and other objects of my invention notspecifically enumerated I accomplish by forming a blank of suitablepliable settable material, such for example as soft sheet metal or castwhite metal of any desired contour or ornamental configuration, andpreferably one which has a central portion with arms extendingsubstantially radially therefrom, and applying said blank onto thebottle or the like and holding the same thereon by bending the arms intoset relation over suitable abutments on the bottle or over the ends ofthe bottle. The invention will be better understood from the detaileddescription which follows when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawing wherein I have shown two preferred embodiments, andwherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an unornamented bottle of special design.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of another form of bottle to which my inventionis applicable.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a blank of ornamenting material adapted foruse in carrying out my invention.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the bottle shown in Fig. 1 ornamented with thematerial shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. Fig. 4.

Fig, 6 is an elevation, with parts broken away, showing the bottle ofFig. 2 ornamented with the material of Fig. 3.

Fig, 7 is a top plan view of the bottle shown in Fig. 6.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 3, 4 and of the 50 drawing, let the numeralll] indicate a bottle of special contour having a substantiallycylindrical body portion ll provided at the bottom thereof with anoutwardly directed annular flange or bead l2 and at the top with anoutwardly directed bead or flange 13, the body being further 5 is a topplan View of the bottle shown in provided with a reduced neck I 4, ahead l5 and a suitable stopper H5. The flanges or beads l2 and I3provide shoulders or abutments on the body portion, the function forwhich will presently appear. 5

For ornamenting the bottle shown in Fig. 1, I have shown by way ofexample in Fig. 3 a blank I! of ornamenting material which may be formedof any suitable pliable settable material and preferably of soft stampedsheet metal or cast white metal. The blank I! preferably consists of acentral portion [8 having a central opening l9 and a plurality of arms20 extending substantially radially outward from the central portion.Obviously the blank I! may have any desired. contour L or ornamentalconfiguration and as herein shown the central portion is in the form ofa six-pointed star and the radial arms are of open-work and scallopdesign.

To ornament the bottle of Fig, 1 with the blank of Fig. 3, the blank isapplied over the reduced neck of the bottle so as to cause the centralportion Hi to seat upon the top of the body H. The radial arms 26) arethen manually bent snugly around the flange or bead I3 so that the. freeends of said arms lie flush against the cylindrical wall of the body ll.Because of the settable character of the material from which the blankis formed the blank will remain fixed in said set position and give tothe bottle an orna- 30 merited appearance which can best be gleaned froman inspection of Figs. 4 and 5, the effect of the ornamentation in thesaid case being that of converting the bottle into a crown.

Referring now to Figs. 2, 6 and '7, the bottle therein shown is similarin all respects to that shown in Fig. 1 except that it is devoid of theflanges or beads. In other words it consists of a body H having acylindrical wall, a fiat bottom l2, a flat top l3 and the same form ofneck, 40 head and stopper as shown in Fig. 1. In this case the flatbottom and the flat top of the body constitute the shoulders orabutments which function to hold the ornamenting material in positionupon the bottle.

To ornament the bottle of Fig. 2 with the blank I! to produce the effectas shown in Fig. 6, the blank I! is centrally disposed over the bottomof the bottle with the ornamentation on the blank facing away from thebottle, the radially extending arms are then bent upwardly over theouter wall of the bottle and said arms being of greater length than theheight of the bottle, the free ends are again bent inwardly over the topl3 of the body as best shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Here again because of the settable character of the material from whichthe ornamenting blank is made, the applied ornamentation will beretained and held on the bottle and give thereto the novel efiect asshown. It will be obvious that the ornamenting material of blank I! maybe applied over the reduced neck of the bottle in a manner similar tothat followed in producing the effect in Fig. 4, and the arms then bentdown over the wall of the body and then over the bot tom l2 to hold saidornamentation on the bottle.

While I have shown and described my invention as primarily applied tosmall bottles intended for containing perfume or other odoriferoussubstances, it will be apparent that the concept underlying theinvention renders it applicable to other articles of glassware or thelike where analogous problems of ornamentation are involved. It will beaccordingly understood that the invention is not limited to the specificexamples as herein disclosed but is subject to variation and applicationto other fields, within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

l. A bottle or the like having a body, a reduced neck and spacedabutments, and an ornamental casing enclosing at least a portion of thebody, said casing being formed of a single blank of pliable settablematerial having a central portion and arms extending substantiallyradially outward therefrom, the central portion engaging over one end ofthe body and the arms extending over the body and being bent into setrelation over an abutment thereon.

2. A bottle or the like having a body, a reduced neck and spacedabutments, and an ornamental casing enclosing at least a portion of thebody, said casing being formed of a single blank of pliable settablematerial having a central pmtion and arms extending substantiallyradially outward therefrom, the central portion having a central openingthrough which the neck of the bottle extends whereby the central portionbears on the upper end of the body and the radially extending arms beingbent down over the body and engaging over an abutment thereon andadapted to be held in said position by the inherent pliable settablecharacter of the casing material.

3. A bottle according to claim 1 wherein the pliable settable materialis metal.

1. A bottle or the like having a body and a reduced neck, a portion ofthe body below the top thereof being of reduced diameter, and anornamental casing having a central opening through which the neckextends enclosing at least a portion of the top and the side of thebody, said casing being formed of a single blank of pliable settablemetal having a central portion and radially extending arms, theornamental casing being held on the body solely by the engagement of thecentral portion against the top of the body and by having the arms bentinto set relation over the body portion of reduced diam eter.

5. A bottle or the like having a body and a reduced neck, the bodyhaving an outwardly extending annular flange, and an ornamental casinghaving a central opening through which the neck extends enclosing atleast a portion of the side of the body, said casing being formed of asingle blank of pliable settable metal having a central portion andradially extending arms, the ornamental casing being held on the bottlesolely by the engagement of the central portion against the top of thebody and by having the arms bent into set relation over and around theannular flange of the body.

6. A bottle or the like having a body and a reduced neck, an ornamentalcasing enclosing the body and at least a portion of the ends thereof,said casing being formed of a single blank of pliable settable metalhaving a central portion and arms extending radially outward therefrom,the ornamental casing being held on the body solely by engagement of thecentral portion against one end of the body and having the armsoverlying the body and being bent into set relation over the other endof the body.

GEORGE GRUNBERG.

